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2. Syntax Highlighting

2.1 Overview
2.2 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Process
2.3 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Structure Editor
2.4 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Device
2.5 Syntax Highlighting in Inspect
2.6 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Interconnect
2.7 Syntax Highlighting in EMW
2.8 Changing Highlight Colors

Objectives

• To demonstrate how syntax highlighting works in jEdit.

2.1 Overview

Syntax highlighting is implemented for selected TCAD Sentaurus tools. For syntax highlighting to work, jEdit must recognize the extension of the command file as an appropriate Sentaurus command file. The file extensions of the TCAD Sentaurus tools are assumed to be as follows:

Tool	File extension
Sentaurus Process	_fps.cmd
Sentaurus Structure Editor	_dvs.cmd
Sentaurus Device	_des.cmd
Inspect	_ins.cmd
Sentaurus Interconnect	_sis.cmd
EMW	_eml.cmd

If you use Sentaurus Workbench to create project and command files, these files will already use these extensions.

2.2 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Process

For syntax highlighting in a Sentaurus Process command file to work, some additional conditions on the placement of spaces around keywords must be met:

• No space between the keyword and the equal sign, and at least one space between the equal sign and the value:
  
  • name= mask6 (highlight)
  • name = mask6 (no highlight)
  • name=mask6 (no highlight)
• Aliases and abbreviations are usually not highlighted:
  
  • location= (highlight)
  • loc= (no highlight)

Figure 1. Syntax highlighting in Sentaurus Process. (Click image for full-size view.)

2.3 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Structure Editor

Figure 2. Syntax highlighting in Sentaurus Structure Editor. (Click image for full-size view.)

2.4 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Device

For syntax highlighting in a Sentaurus Device command file to work, some additional conditions on the placement of spaces around keywords must be met:

• No space between the keyword and the equal sign, and at least one space between the equal sign and the value:
  
  • Grid= n12_msh.tdr (highlight)
  • Grid = n12_msh.tdr (no highlight)
  • Grid=n12_msh.tdr (no highlight)
• Aliases and abbreviations are usually not highlighted:
  
  • DopingDependence (highlight)
  • DopingDep (no highlight)

Figure 3. Syntax highlighting in Sentaurus Device. (Click image for full-size view.)

2.5 Syntax Highlighting in Inspect

Figure 4. Syntax highlighting in Inspect. (Click image for full-size view.)

2.6 Syntax Highlighting in Sentaurus Interconnect

For syntax highlighting in a Sentaurus Interconnect command file to work, some additional conditions on the placement of spaces around keywords must be met:

• No space between the keyword and the equal sign, and at least one space between the equal sign and the value:
  
  • name= mask6 (highlight)
  • name = mask6 (no highlight)
  • name=mask6 (no highlight)
• Aliases and abbreviations are usually not highlighted:
  
  • location= (highlight)
  • loc= (no highlight)

Figure 5. Syntax highlighting in Sentaurus Interconnect. (Click image for full-size view.)

2.7 Syntax Highlighting in EMW

Figure 6. Syntax highlighting in EMW. (Click image for full-size view.)

2.8 Changing Highlight Colors

You can customize highlight colors using the graphical user interface of jEdit.

To change highlight colors:

1. Utilities > Global Options (or Ctrl+F12).
2. In the dialog box that is displayed, select jEdit > Syntax Highlighting (see Figure 5).

Here, each category of highlighting can be assigned a different color.

Figure 7. Changing highlight colors. (Click image for full-size view.)